The Saturday email for consultants and fractional executives
Win a client one week. Clear a chore the next.
Each Saturday I send you the Operator. One week it's an email you can send to win a client, like a proposal follow-up. The next it's a template that takes a chore off your plate, like chasing a late invoice.
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What lands in your inbox on Saturday
Chase a proposal that went quiet
Ankush Chauhan
Saturday
Send it when: a proposal has sat for ten days with no reply.
The email:
Hi [first name], Checking in on the proposal for [what the work is] I sent on [date]. Is it still something you want to do this quarter? A yes or a no is all I need. If it's a yes, I can walk you through it in 15 minutes this week. [Your name]
Two minutes:
- Fill in the brackets.
- Send it from your own inbox, as a reply to the proposal email.
- Want it in your voice? Paste it into ChatGPT or Claude and ask for a rewrite under 80 words that keeps the one question.
Why it works: one yes-or-no question is easy to answer from a phone, and even a no tells you where you stand.
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Written by Ankush Chauhan, Founder, Alacrio Tech. Twenty years in IT, now working with consultants and fractional executives.